Humans began migrating from Africa to other continents about 40,000 years ago.

Evidence

By about 40,000 years ago, humans like ourselves had spread from Africa all over Asia and Europe, even crossing seas to get to Australia. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 122

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 122
• XREF: connects to: Human life began in Africa with stone tools creation. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 64; Movement and migration have been humanity’s rule, not exception; Pre-industrial humans drove megafaunal extinctions wherever they newly arrived. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 64

Broader Connections

• Human life began in Africa with stone tools creation. #expands (0.70) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 64